Weather Records on 1 December 1948

252 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 December 1948. Highest significance: Dohne (Sar), ZA.

Key Facts for 1 December 1948

On 1 December 1948, 252 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
54 were record highs and 66 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 239 daily.
Dohne (Sar) set a daily record precipitation of 53.8 mm (2.1 in) on 1 December 1948.
Across 162 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

252 stations

252 station records on 1 December 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 December 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dohne (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Burnett Heads Niell St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Isakapally	India	Record daily precipitation	149.1 mm (5.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Crawley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pakala	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mundubbera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Atkinson 3SW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Don	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Arrowrock Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hakalau 142	United States	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pahala 21	United States	Record daily precipitation	151.4 mm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hilo 86A	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
River Jordan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Westbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nguiu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	241.3 mm (9.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rupert 3 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Honomu Mauka 138	United States	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Naalehu 14	United States	Record daily precipitation	140.7 mm (5.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Barrow AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-41.1 C (-42.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yercaud	India	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nome AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-40.6 C (-41.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Glennville Morrow Rch	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	2.7 C (36.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Quinault Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.2 C (73.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Maja	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-16.4 C (2.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fairymead Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mundo Novo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Monte Santo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Swan Hill (Murray Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gaddede	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Laguna	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Haskell	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Turkestan	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dimapur	India	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Kenny (Yandra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Luis Gomes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Devgad	India	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ramachandrapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Khorog	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wilton	India	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wokha	India	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Louise	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Louise	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

252 records

Records set or tied on 1 December 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 35, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 19, Lowest daily minimum 58, Heaviest daily rainfall 107, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 1 December 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	35
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	19
Lowest daily minimum	58
Heaviest daily rainfall	107
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 1 December 1948 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 239.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

203 broken records

Margins by which the 203 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 136.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 December 1948

Top 20 records on 1 December 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 December 1948	Dohne (Sar), ZA	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	54 years	60 of 100 (Major)
1 December 1948	Burnett Heads Niell St, AU	daily rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1948	Isakapally, IN	daily rain	149.1 mm (5.9 in)	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1948	Crawley, ZA	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	50 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1948	Pakala, IN	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	18 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1948	Mundubbera, AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	33 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1948	Atkinson 3SW, US	monthly snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	38 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1948	W Pt, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1948	Cape Don, AU	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	22 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1948	Arrowrock Dam, US	daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	37 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1948	Olga 2 SE, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1948	Hakalau 142, US	daily rain	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1948	Pahala 21, US	daily rain	151.4 mm (6.0 in)	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	14 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1948	Hilo 86A, US	daily rain	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1948	River Jordan, CA	daily rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	16 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1948	Harnosand, SE	monthly high max	10.3 C (50.5 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	53 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1948	Harnosand, SE	monthly high min	5.2 C (41.4 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	53 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1948	Oxford, GB	daily high max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	71 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1948	Westbrook, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1948	Meeker, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	52 years	31 of 100 (Routine)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1797 to 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1948. 1948 had 252 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 12-01 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1805	1
1807	2
1810	1
1817	2
1821	1
1823	2
1831	1
1849	1
1856	3
1857	1
1858	1
1861	1
1863	1
1869	2
1871	1
1872	3
1873	6
1875	8
1876	4
1877	1
1879	7
1884	3
1885	3
1886	1
1887	2
1888	3
1889	2
1890	6
1891	1
1892	2
1893	1
1894	1
1895	4
1896	4
1897	10
1898	5
1899	4
1901	5
1902	7
1903	13
1904	4
1905	11
1906	3
1907	8
1908	40
1909	64
1910	39
1911	45
1912	37
1913	53
1914	142
1915	23
1916	29
1917	52
1918	32
1919	78
1920	192
1921	55
1922	85
1923	70
1924	135
1925	145
1926	115
1927	271
1928	85
1929	515
1930	128
1931	337
1932	383
1933	656
1934	667
1935	164
1936	433
1937	238
1938	159
1939	346
1940	300
1941	391
1942	424
1943	93
1944	478
1945	259
1946	224
1947	392
1948	252
1949	313
1950	437
1951	585
1952	762
1953	283
1954	308
1955	624
1956	338
1957	295
1958	531
1959	355
1960	258
1961	373
1962	1,073
1963	282
1964	1,181
1965	598
1966	995
1967	601
1968	883
1969	673
1970	1,299
1971	574
1972	843
1973	888
1974	1,339
1975	1,007
1976	1,294
1977	1,166
1978	777
1979	874
1980	1,019
1981	1,320
1982	1,759
1983	1,275
1984	513
1985	3,874
1986	803
1987	1,020
1988	538
1989	822
1990	514
1991	2,124
1992	552
1993	597
1994	717
1995	1,386
1996	1,448
1997	736
1998	1,698
1999	790
2000	777
2001	1,211
2002	637
2003	627
2004	1,033
2005	815
2006	2,866
2007	1,427
2008	879
2009	927
2010	1,991
2011	947
2012	1,027
2013	400
2014	677
2015	850
2016	384
2017	496
2018	807
2019	803
2020	567
2021	2,030
2022	584
2023	609
2024	636
2025	679

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	162
20 to 40	22
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	2